Photo #: NH 55507
USS Covington (ID # 1409)
Sinking off Brest, France, in July 1918. She had been torpedoed
on 1 July by German submarine U-86 and sank the following
day.
This photograph may have been taken in the late stages of abandonment,
as a lifeboat is alongside by the aftermost survivor disembarkation
ladder, with a few men visible above.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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